Daddicus.6128 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Ah, the wonders of race conditions in multi-tasking systems. I learned about these in my early 80s computer classes. They were a problem then, and they are still today.This likely cannot be fixed given the way the TP (Trading Post) works. They would have to stop the current order, reset a new order with the partial quantity, and then sell again. But, the same thing could happen again to the now-smaller new sell order.The only way to fix it properly would be to put a lock on the current buy offer until your transaction completes. But, what if your offer isn't the first? They would have to implement a lock/unlock process, and that's REALLY hard to do in an EXISTING multi-tasking database (which the TP is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solvar.7953 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 One thought might be letting the user cancel a sell order with X time of listing (5 minutes?) and get a full refund? Because to me, that is the real problem - I do an instant sell, it doesn't sell (or partially sells). At this point, I either want to sell again and the new lower price (probably 1c less) because I want it immediately, or I want to list 1c below the current lowest sell price. I don't want to be listed at 1c above the current highest buy price.But right now, if you cancel a listing, you lose the listing fee, so it is not worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mewcifer.5198 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 This topic reminded me of another problem that can happen with the TPhttps://gyazo.com/97397c2a26ddd3dce5ae8d293970c6b4No matter how many I sold there was always exactly 1 buy order for 4s 42c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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